– interviews, ads, conversations, songs, film clips, etc. with comprehension questions
20% Speaking
– conversations in class, oral presentations, interviews, skits, poems, etc.
20% Reading
– La Gran Aventura de Viviana (reader), La Catrina, various selections
20% Writing
– weekly journals, written expression on quizzes, tests, written projects
10% Class Participation
- speak Spanish in class, fully participate in all class activities, ask/answer questions
10% Homework
– practice in i-book, class website, quia, and other assignments, some assignments will be collected, others quizzed in class – it is critical that students do the homework assignments (which auto-correct) and that they come to class with questions about wrong answers
Class Materials:
I-book - Breaking the Spanish Barrier 3 - Advanced
Viviana y su gran aventura mexicana (reader)
La Catrina (provided)
Numerous on-line activities in all skills
Composition notebook for weekly journal
Earbuds for listening activities
Microphone (or voice memo app) for submitting speech samples
- 20% Listening
– interviews, ads, conversations, songs, film clips, etc. with comprehension questions- 20% Speaking
– conversations in class, oral presentations, interviews, skits, poems, etc.- 20% Reading
– La Gran Aventura de Viviana (reader), La Catrina, various selections- 20% Writing
– weekly journals, written expression on quizzes, tests, written projects- 10% Class Participation
- speak Spanish in class, fully participate in all class activities, ask/answer questions- 10% Homework
– practice in i-book, class website, quia, and other assignments, some assignments will be collected, others quizzed in class – it is critical that students do the homework assignments (which auto-correct) and that they come to class with questions about wrong answersClass Materials:
Selected websites and apps: